The Last Hour Together

The camp inmate, was frightened of making decisions and of taking any sort of initiative whatsoever. The prisoner would have preferred to let fate make the choice for him. This escape from commitment was most apparent when a prisoner had to make the decision against an escape attempt. And it was always a question of minutes he suffered the tortures of hell. I too experienced this torment as the battle front drew nearer. Those who pitied me remained in a camp where famine was to rage even more fiercely than in our new camp. They tried to save themselves, but they only sealed their own fates.